Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
Crowds Hear Sam Small.
A MOST ENTERTAINING SOUTHERN
COLONEL IN GOLD-RIMMED
sPECTACLES.

morning at Tue Jdut cbiOVV -N'
Church chapel in west FOrty'iourth
STR ct filed that house to overflow
ing. The evangelist is dark, tall,
stoop .shouldered, and rather loose
ly built, though he has an air oil
physical strength. His features
are strong, and his eye direct ana
daring. His long, dark hair was
brushed hard back from forehead
and ears. He wore a thick, dark
flowing moustache, the finishing
touch to a picture of the southern
colonel as Mast used to draw him
in war times. The only suggestion
of the clerical was a pair of gold
bowed spectacles, which looked
wonderfully incOngruOus and soft
ened the impression his face other
wise made of independence and
daring. So strong was this i'm
preston, nevertheless, that one
could not help wondering whether
the spectacles were not worn for
that purpose more than to aid an
eve which seemed to need no aid
Had he stood up without his spec
tacles a political speech or humor-
GUS lecture would have been ex-
pected. As it was he began
81 bless God that the book OF
Job begins as it does. job was
perfect and he was a man. He was
not an angel come down here on a
vacation 10 strut around and show
the wonderful meekness Of glOrif.
cation-not an angel with a ticket
of leave, but man such as you
and l. Pref. Swing does not believe
he was a man. He thinks Moses
wrote that book for a novel, but
unfortunately for that theory AS
syrian exploration has proved. that
job did actually exist, and if he
existed l for one believe he was
Just as good, Just as perfect, as
I Moses has told us.
"ThOse who deny the reality of
the story of Job are those who
want to get around the necessity
of trying to be perfect themselves.
There are lots of these folks in the
Church today. When you talk
perfection they hump themselves
up, look suspicious, and call you a
fool or a crank. Then again: II
Job was perfect, there was no such
man; if job existed, he was not
perfect, and that is the extent of
n
their argument.
"No one knows whether a man
on earth is perfect. no one but
God. People judge by human
standpOints. How do they know
how God judges perfection say,
90 ahead, act according to the
witness of your own clear con-
science. Stick on for all your life
to this rule, and, though you die
vllified by all men, perhaps you are
perfect in Gods eyes. Who knows
The world will judge by the worlds
standpoint, that is, Satan's. Satan's
a mighty innocent fellow, you know
-awfully innocent-lust walks
round in the world like Josh
Billings's cat, meek as Moses, but
full of the devil as Judas IscariOt,
Esq. He'll find a means of vilify-
ing you, never fear. But be straight
to your conscience and perhaps
| God Will call you perfect.
"Still. don't want to be con-
founded with these chaps who 60
off by themselves into holiness con-
yentiOns. There are some brands
of holiness that are not to my
taste. You find them all over the
country. If this is holiness | want
mine later. Pm in no hurry
These entire-sanctifcatiOn advO.
Gates make me very tired. eve
can't SIM they say. They remind
me of Sam Dundreary, who, when
he first heard the prOverb, Birds
of a feather flock together re-
marked, mighty funny birds with
only one feather. If was that
kind I'd want to flock together
too" Such is the One.feathered
wholly. y.sanctified bird. They need
to flock together. Another re
ligiOn in our midst is better fixed
even than this. These people arc
not sancti6ed here, but they have
a halfway house where they stOT
and get their holiness patched VI
before they knock at the golden
gate"
Col. Small has a surprising pow
or of mlmicry, which he did nO'
fail to use in showing up the ad
vocates of entire sanctifcation.-
He spoke again IN the afternoon a
the meeting of the American
= Temperance Union in Chickerint
I Hall. Every seat in the house wa
, filled. His argument was tha
liquor can be abolished legally b!
regarding it public nuisance
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